Benoît’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Frère Blaise Feuillan
Benoît Audran II (French, 1698-1772) possibly after a drawing by Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721) after a painting by François de Troy (French, 1645-1730)
Charles I, King of England
Benoît Audran I (French, 1661-1721) after Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch, 1659-1722)
The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)
Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie
Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)
Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733
The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Senjiro disguised as Kichisaburo and Nakamura Tomijuro I as Oshichi in the joruri "Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1742
Summer: Planting Rice (Natsu: taue no zu), No. 2 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"
The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744
The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II casting a curse at the hour of the ox
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1746
The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months
After a design by Claude III Audran (1658–1734), 1708–09 Woven at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins France, Paris
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro
The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye
The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61
The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Seiwa Nendaiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1746
The Actor Tomizawa Montaro I as Miyako no Mae in the play "Izu Genji Horai Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1736
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Dekijima Daisuke II
The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuki Mitsugi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1746
Two Studies of a Roma Woman and a Roma Boy in a Large Hat
Jacques de Gheyn II Dutch, 1565-1629